Some Web Site Services Do Not Work After You Upgrade to Internet Explorer 6

Some Web site services may not work properly after you upgrade to any of the versions of Internet Explorer listed at the beginning of this article. The Web site may suggest that you need to enable cookies or upgrade your browser to one that supports Java, frames, or other technology that is supported by Internet Explorer 6.
For example, when you attempt to log on to, or use, a secure banking Web site, you may be prompted to upgrade to a compatible browser or a different version of the same browser.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q302708 (i.e. 6 Oct. 22, 2001)

How to Enable the Auto Disconnect Feature in Internet Explorer

The Auto Disconnect feature is designed to terminate the connection to your Internet Service Provider (ISP) after a designated period of inactivity. In addition, it prompts you to disconnect from your ISP after you close all instances of Internet Explorer.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q153965 (W95/98/se/ME Oct. 10, 2001)
Not Prompted to Disconnect After You Quit Internet Explorer

When you quit Internet Explorer, you may be prompted to close the connection to Internet Explorer even though you have cleared the Disconnect when connection may no longer be needed check box.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q256085 (i. e. 5. W98/se Jun. 11, 2002)
Not Prompted to Disconnect When Quitting Internet Explorer

Changing "Append Completion" from "no" to "yes" will restore the function.

I. E.: Back button

Error Message: Warning: Page Has Expired: The Page You Requested...

When you click Back to return to a Web page, you may receive the following error message:
Warning: Page has Expired
The page you requested was created using information you submitted in a form. This page is no longer available. As a security precaution, Internet Explorer does not automatically re submit your information for you.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q183763 (i. e. 4. W95 May. 15, 2002)
Back Button in Internet Explorer Becomes Unavailable

In Microsoft Internet Explorer, you are unable to navigate back to the previous Web page when you click the Back button.
Internet Explorer loops endlessly between a Web page that you cannot open, and a frameset Web page.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q298639 (i. e. 6. Oct. 10, 2001)
Back Navigation on POST Causes Re-POST in Internet Explorer 6

If you change the text size settings in Internet Explorer 5 to something other than the default (medium) and then view an e-mail message that uses Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) format in Outlook 2000, Internet Explorer reverts to its default text settings the next time you start Internet Explorer.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q242984 (i. e. 5 Feb. 11, 2001)
Font Size Settings Not Retained in Internet Explorer and Outlook Express

When you view the Mail and News settings for Internet Explorer, you may not be able to specify your mail program. Also, when you try to make Outlook Express your default Internet mail client, you may be unable to do so.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q176571 (Jun. 4, 2001)
INFO: Command-Line Switches for Internet Explorer 4.0

When you open a new window in Internet Explorer, the window may open at the edge of the screen. When this occurs, only a small section of the new window may be visible on the screen.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q194759 (W95/98 Jun. 11, 2002)
How to Configure Internet Explorer 5 for Full Screen Mode

When you try to type text in the message area of a new message in Outlook Express 5, you may not be able to, and the insertion point may not move. Also, you may not be able to type text in a search pane in Internet Explorer or another Internet browser program.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q235236 ( i. e. 5 Jun. 21, 1999)
Internet Explorer 5 Does Not Handle Office 97 Book mark Correctly

Microsoft Office 97 documents that contain book marks for jumping from one section to another do not function when you view them by using in-place editing with Internet Explorer 5.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q240057 (i. e. 5, NT4 May. 8, 2002)
Internet Explorer Does Not Connect Using 128-Bit SGC Encryption

When you attempt to connect to a Web server with Server Gated Cryptography (SGC) encryption, you may not be able to connect if you attempt to connect by using the site's IP address instead of the site's fully qualified domain name.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q244302 (i.e. 5, W95/98/NT4 May. 8, 2002)
Problem Accessing HTML Files in an Exchange Public Folder

When you try to gain access to (HTML) files that have been placed in a Microsoft Exchange public folder by using Microsoft Outlook Web Access 5.5, Internet Explorer 5 may stop responding (hang).
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q242948 (Jul. 20, 2001)
Text in Internet Explorer Buttons or Links Un-readable or Missing

When you use the Task schedule feature for updating Web pages that is included with IE ver. 5 to schedule jobs to run at a designated time, it may be possible for a malicious user to obtain elevated privileges on your computer and run a program on the local computer in the System context.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q246972 (i. e. 4, 5. W95/98/NT4 Jun. 11, 2002)
Multiple Internet Explorer Instances Do Not Redraw Correctly

When you start multiple new instances of Internet Explorer (for example, by pressing CTRL+N) and then move the windows around the screen, the browser's window data may be corrupted.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q246113 (Nov. 17, 2000)
Internet Explorer 5 Desktop Icon Disappears When You Make Changes

When you make changes on the Advanced tab in Internet Explorer (on the Tools menu, click Internet Options), the Internet Explorer icon may no longer be displayed on the desktop.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q246832 (Sept. 13, 2001)
SSL/SSPI Programs May Not Work with Internet Explorer 5.01

When you open an HTML page that contains a large amount of Select elements, you may receive a "low system resource" message which suggests that you close the program.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q268870 (W95/98/se/ME Jan. 19, 2001)
Internet Explorer May Stop Working While You Are Moving the Mouse

When dynamic content is generated by a Web server and it is returned by using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Content- Disposition: Attachment header, you receive an Open dialog box. If you choose the Save As option, Internet Explorer prompts you with the file name and program type, but the file name is the name of the referred document and the contents are the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) code instead of the file name that is indicated in the header and the contents that were dynamically generated and returned from the server.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q281119 (i. e. 5. W98se/NT4/2000 May. 8, 2002)
Internet Explorer Progress Bar May Show Incorrect Status

The progress bar may appear to indicate that loading of the document has finished when it is still in progress. In other instances it may indicate that loading of the document is still in progress when it is actually complete.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q293373 (i. e. 5. W98se/2000 Jul. 20, 2001)
Internet Explorer 6 Stops Responding When You Play Streaming Audio

When you attempt to play streaming audio in Microsoft Internet Explorer, you may receive an error message similar to one of the following
Microsoft Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. -or- Runtime Error! Program C:\PROGRAM FILES\INTERNET EXPLORER\IEXPLORE.EXE
R6025 pure virtual function call and Internet Explorer stops responding (hangs).
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q299318 (Oct. 10, 2001)
Iexplore.exe Has Generated Errors and Will Be Closed By Windows

When you run Internet Explorer in Kiosk mode, the Internet Explorer title bar, menus, toolbars, and status bar are not displayed and Internet Explorer runs in Full Screen mode.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q154780
(i.e 4, 5. 6, W95/98/se/NT4/2000/ME Oct. 10, 2001)
"Open in New Window" Restriction Does Not Work in History Pane When in Kiosk Mode

When you click a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) link to a Microsoft Office file (such as a Microsoft Excel document), Internet Explorer may open the file in Internet Explorer, instead of opening the file in the appropriate Office program.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q162059 (Jun. 11, 2002)
INFO: Troubleshooting In-Place Activation in Internet Explorer

When you click a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) link to a Microsoft Office file (such as a Microsoft Excel document), Internet Explorer may not open the file in the browser. This article describes how to troubleshoot in-place activation in Internet Explorer.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q174893 (Jan. 6, 2001)
In-Place Activation Using Internet Explorer 5 Does Not Work for PowerPoint Slides

When you configure Internet Explorer to open Office files in the appropriate Office program on a computer that is running Windows NT 4.0, the in-place activation does not occur when you open PowerPoint slide files.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q290180 (i. e. 5, 5.5 NT4 Jun. 11, 2002)
OFF2000: HTML File Opens in Another Office Program

For example, if you attempt to open a file by typing a URL path similar to the following in the File name box of the Open dialog box: http:// localhost/sample9/Default.htm and click Open or press ENTER, the file opens in FrontPage rather than Word.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q220712 (Jul. 13, 2001)
WD2000: Web Page Opens in Different Microsoft Office Program

A Web page is rendered accurately from the top of the page to an arbitrary point midway down the page, and the remainder of the page is blank. such as:
<HTML >
<BODY >
This is some te
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q226550 (i. e. 5. W95/98/se/NT4 May. 8, 2002)
Internet Explorer Cannot Display All the Text on a Web Page

Have you ever found yourself frequently clicking the Refresh button in your Web browser to check for updated information? With BrowseFresh, your browser is refreshed automatically.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,12254,00.asp
From: GŁnter Tomczyk in a News Group

I just made an upgrade from IE5.5 to IE6.0. Now I have a problem, that I. E. is not working with any HTML tag:
e.g.<META http-equiv="Refresh" content="0;URL=/....">
Answer: I found it.
In the IE-Options->security, I had to allow "META REFRESH".

Microsoft has released the Internet Explorer Error Reporting tool that you can use to report unrecoverable errors in Internet Explorer (for example, general protection faults or invalid page faults) to Microsoft over the Internet.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q276550
(i.e. 5.x, 6.x. W95/98/se/ME/XP/2000 Apr. 16, 2002)
How to Disable Internet Explorer Error Reporting

When you add Web sites to the Restricted Sites or Trusted Sites zones in Internet Explorer, you can use an asterisk character (*, also known as a wild card, or a character that represents any other character) to include all transport protocols used by a specific Web address and all the domains in a specific domain.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q184456 (i. e. 4, 5. Jul. 20, 2001)
Update Available for MSHTML Security Issues in Internet Explorer

When you use a wildcard to add a top-level domain (for example, .com) or a a two-letter top-level domain and a two-letter second-level domain (for example, .ab.xy) to the local intranet, trusted sites, or restricted sites zones, you may experience any of the following symptoms:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q259493 (Jun. 11, 2002)

This is a program that fixes serious bugs in the Internet Explorer cache manager (versions 3.0 on up through and including Internet Explorer for Windows ME, and IE5.5 SP1). This program basically takes over the job of managing the cache from Internet Explorer.
http://www.mindspring.com/~dpoch/enigmatic/cachesentry.html
How to Change the Location of Temporary Internet Files

There won't be enough space in the new location for the currently downloaded content. Please either delete these files first and try again, reduce the size of the folder or pick another location. Please pick a value between 1 and 0 for how much disk space temporary internet files may use.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q301897 (W95/98/se/ME IE 5 Jan. 29, 2002)

Internet Explorer Does Not Check for Newer Versions of Web Pages
Internet Explorer may not check for newer versions of pages stored in the temporary cache, even though you have selected option in the Settings dialog box.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q201535 (i. e. 4, 5. W95/98/NT4 Jun. 11, 2002)
HOWTO: Prevent Caching in Internet Explorer

When you gain access to documents from a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Uniform Resource Locator (URL), the document is pulled from the temporary Internet files cache even if the Check for newer pages option is enabled in Temporary Internet Files settings.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q241727 (Sept. 13, 2001)
Temporary Internet Files Use More Disk Space Than Specified